Toy gun.



W. R. BENJAMIN.

TOY GUN.

APPLIoATIoN FILED M1145, 1910.

05111 uc-l-ll'oz Patented Sept. 20, 1910.

Ze/g altozueld STATES PATENT OFFICE.

-.ALTIITR IR.. BENJAMIN, 0F GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS.

ToY GUN. l

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led March 15, 1910. `Serial No. 549,532..

Patented Sept.I 20, 1910.

` `To allwhom it concern:

I i elevations ozt a op-gun equipped with myinvention.

` Be it known that I, WAIJTER R. BENd JAMIN, a citizen of the United lStates, 'resid ing at Granite-City, in the county of Madison and State of Illinois, have invented-a new and useful Toy Gun, of which the `follown is a specification.

The o ject of his invention is to provide an attachment for a pop-gun whereby the gun will be adapted to act upon a film of paper or similar material to perforate the same with an explosive report similar to that produced by the use of ordinary caps.

The preferred embodiment ofthe invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, .and the invention consists in cer tain novel features of the same, as will behereinafter first `fully described and then more particularly .pointed out in4 the ap.

pended claims.

In the drawings, Figures 1 and are side improvements,` ig. l showing the gun arranged to produce the report, and Fig. 2

showing it arranged to permit feeding of the-film to bring another portion, of the same into positionfto be acted upon by the Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view'of the forward end of the gun barrel land the at-` tachment, showing the same on a slightly larger scale.V Fig. 4 is a side elevation' show- The toy gun `may be of any well known form and; is shown consisting of a barrel 1,

a stock 2 pivotally connected to a bracket 3` at the breechl end of the barrel, and a trigger 4 mounted within the said bracket 3 and adapted to release a piston (not shown), which may be retracted through a link 5 pivotally attached to the stock, as shown. At the `forward `end ofthe barrel 1, and at diametrically opposite points of the same, I provide outstanding guides or ears 6 having enlarged perforations throu h which pitmen or connecting rods 7 extendg'from the stock toa` cap.8 disposed in 'advance of the front end of the barrel. The rear ends of the connecting rods 7. are pivoted to the stock at a point 9 lso arranged that when the stock'is thrown down, as indicated in Fig. 2, to withdraw the plunger, the ends of the connecting rods will be dis osed be- 'low the fulcrum or pivot 10 oft e stock, -whereas when the .stock is raised to close y that it wi l 4he .stretched thereover.

the breech, the said above and in rear o 10 so that 'a directpull will be exerted upon the ca 8 to hold the same against the front end o the barrel and prevent its accidental dislodgment. The cap8l is preferably constructed of sheet metal or some other light, strong material, and is provided on its face opposedto the barrel 1 with an annular fian e 11 within which is fitted a cushion or p ug 12 of rubber or other elastic material w ich is adapted to bef-drawn tightl against the end of the barrel when the stoc is raised, as will be readily understood on. reference to Fig. 3. A narrow film or strip 13 of paper or similar material is fitted between the end of the barrel and the said plug, and the plug and the cap are provided With central perforations 14 and 15, respectively, which will aline with the bore pivotalpoint 9 will be of the barrel whenthe` toy is arranged for appreciated from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. The gun isbroken at the breec to draw 'the plunier toward the rear end of the barrel, as s own in Fig. 2, and this operation will move the cap 8 and the plug 12 away from the barrel so that a space will be provided throu h which the film or strip may be introduce 'and fed. The film or the pivot or fulcruml A strip having been brought into position "over the end of the barrel the stock is raised so as to close 'the breech, 'and this movement will draw the cap and its attached `plug a ainst the end of the barrel andclamp the fi m closel around the end of'Y the barrel so If the trigger be then released, the`plunger will be projected yin the usualdmanner so as to compress the air in front ofthe same a ainst the film,- andthepressure thus crea will be sufficient' to burst the film and produce a loud report. l l y 'It will be readily seen that my invention dispenses with the use of exploslve caps or other` dangerous elementsv ordinarily inclident to the use of toy firearms and may be operated to any desired `extent without any expense for ammunition, while the report produced by theuse of the gun is the same -in all respects as that ordinarily produced by the explosion. ofpercussion caps.

My attachment is composed of very few parts so that it canbe produced at a trifling cost and, when in position, will hold the film Astretched over the end of the gun so that the pressure of the compressed air Within the barrel will cause a bursting of the film in its effort to escape through the central perforations of the cap and its' atv tached plug.

While I have shown the connecting rods 7 as connected to and operated by the stock, my invention is not Vlimited to such arrangement and other means may be utilized to.

move the'ca to and'from the barrel and 4 hold it in t e' clamping position, such as the lever 16, Fig. 4.

From the foregoing description, taken ir. connection with the accompanying drawings., the advantages of the construction and lof the method of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the'invention appertains, and While I have described the principle of operation of the invention, together with the device which l now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the-'device shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the claims appended hereto.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:-

1. The combination with a toy air gun having a movable element, of a perforated plug adapted to fit against the end of the gun, and means for connecting the said element with the nlug so that the latter may be moved to an from the gun by the move ment of the said element.

2. `The combination with a toy air gun having a movable stock and provided with guides on its barrel at the front end of the l same, 'connecting rods playing through said guides and pivotally attached to the stock,

and aperforated plug carried by the said connecting rods and adapted tohold a film against the end of the barrel.

97eme carried by the front ends of said rods, :and

secured to said n an elastic perforated plu cap and adapted to fit against the end of the gun' 5. The combination with a toy air gun having a movable stock, of connecting rods 6. The combination with a toy air gun having a movable stock, of a perforated cap arranged inv advance of the gun, connecting rods pivoted to the stock and carrying the said cap,and a centrally perforated elastic plug carried by the said cap and adapted tov hold a. film over the end of the gun.

7. The combination with a toy air gun comprising a barrel and astock pivotally su'pported by the barrel, of a cap' disposed in' advance of and adjacent to the frontA end of the barrel, and connecting rods secured to said cap and having their rear ends pivoted to the stock adjacent and in rear of the fulcrum of the same. i

8. The combination with a toy air gun, of a perforated plug adapted to ykfit against the outer end of the barrel of the gun, a movable element forming a partl of the gun,

means for connecting the said element with the said plug, said element being `movable from its normal positionA to carry the plug away from' the outer end ofthe barrel and when restored to its normal position draw-` ing the plug against the barrel.

9. The combination with an air gun havy ing a pivoted element forming a partof the gun, a perforated plug adapted to lit against the outer end of' the barrel of the gun or to be moved away from the same, and means for connecting the said element with the said l plug,whereby the said element in its normal positionholds the plug against thev'end of the barrel andacting asa lever serves to move the said plug beyond the end of the barrel.

10. The combination with atoy air gun, of a perforated plug, a support for the plug mounted on the gun, andmeans carried by 7o to hold a film against the end of the barrel.

the gun for actuating said support whereby the plug may bermoved to and from the end of the barrel to clamp a film thereagainst.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my slgnature in the presence of two witnesses.

` WALTER R. BENJAMIN.; Witnesses: v

G. E. WHHTEN, LOVE E. ERWIN. 

